Friday 14th June 2019

Pista smashes Hockenheim record | Time For Tea?

We knew the 488 Pista was fast, and sportauto at Hockenheim proves the point - hold on!

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Although Ferrari Berlinetta focus has now shifted somewhat to the F8 Tributo, the phenomenal performance of the 488 Pista remains something to behold. This is a car with nearly twice the power of an F355, for example, and all manner of formidable chassis tech to make the very best of it. As would be hoped for in a car named Pista, the 488 is a sensational track car.

This video serves to highlight the Pista's prowess pretty clearly. It's another sportauto production with Nordschleife supremo Christian Gebhardt driving, this time taking on the Hockenheim GP circuit where it set a lap record in the Aventador SVJ... Apologies to those holding on for some surprise, because here it is: the Pista is faster around a lap. By more than a second. Don't forget, either, that the Lamborghini was 1.8 seconds ahead of a GT2 RS - it is some achievement.

While the Cup 2 R tyres will have contributed something to the lap time, the Lamborghini would surely have been on the Trofeo R Pirelli; even allowing for tyres of similar stickiness, the cornering speeds of the Ferrari are consistently a couple of km/hs ahead of the Lamborghini, and it might accelerate out of them even more fiercely.

It's easy to see where the tenths mount up, and the result speaks for itself - the Lambo lap was incredible, this Pista one utterly sensational. It even looks quite good fun. Watch it below, along with a 0-200mph run, and have a think - what on earth is going to beat this?

 

Image: Hans-Dieter Seufert, for sportauto

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All credit goes to the cup2 R, tires makes all the difference.

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Apex rental companie boss from Nordschleife use Nankang ar1 tires, (street legal hard core R comps) they are faster and cheaper then regular cup2 & trofeo R, and lasts equally long, but not as fast as the street legal qualifying tire cup2 R.